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What makes coworking work?
For years, startup founders and entrepreneurs across the Silicon Prairie have sought to get out of basements and coffee shops and make the move to professional workspaces. Thus, a startup culture staple – coworking – emerged. Coworking spaces in and nearby the region’s flagship cities of Omaha, Des Moines and Kansas City have been on the rise in the past…
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“Where the money is”
(Guest post by Gordon Whitten.) When Willie Sutton was asked why he robbed banks, he famously said, “That’s where the money is.” Not so different from an entrepreneur looking to start a business. Business is where the money is. But most entrepreneurs go into business to build something. The money to be earned is somewhat secondary to the creation of…
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Software developer, account executive, online editor and 33 more
We’re excited to bring you our 116th Opportunities on The Prairie today from all over the region. If you have an opportunity to add, please register your positions using our Job Board Submission …
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Goodsmiths is open to buyers and ready to make more moves
The “Marketplace for Makers” is now open to buyers. Goodsmiths, a website for crafters to buy and sell their handmade goods, on Wednesday opened its virtual doors to shoppers for the first time. Though Goodsmiths co-founders James Eliason and Levi Rosol characterized Wednesday as a “soft launch,” in part because Dwolla was the only payment option immediately available — PayPal…
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Needs of small Omaha company give rise to big name in online self-storage
An idea born out of a small Omaha company looking to get more exposure and return on investment from its own local self-storage facility advertising has grown into one of the nation’s leading online self-storage directories. USstoragesearch.com is an Omaha-based online directory for shopping, comparing …
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The Big Plate to serve entrepreneurs through online, offline events
Two members of Lincoln’s tech scene in early February launched a “grand experiment” they call The Big Plate, an exclusive membership community for entrepreneurs, artists and innovators. Co-founded by Brian Ardinger, the chief marketing officer at Nanonation, and Todd Long, a vice president at Kidwell, The Big Plate is described by Ardinger as a project designed to leverage the duo’s…
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With Iowa roots, My Online Camp helps coaches from coast to coast
My Online Camp started in 2006 with a single client and a single goal: helping coaches and camp operators promote and manage camps more successfully. Today, the Ames-based startup has 1,100 clients and counting scattered across the country. But the story of the company’s growth starts with a King Kong-sized …
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SkyVu makes multiplayer debut with Battle Bears Royale release
For hungry Battle Bears fans whose appetites we whet with the preview we provided of SkyVu Entertainment’s latest project back in August, the feast has finally arrived. Omaha-based SkyVu today released Battle Bears Royale, its first multiplayer game, for free download in the App Store. “This is truly the best Battle …
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Watch: Ben Milne at Dublin Web Summit, ‘The Future of Money’
Less than a week after speaking at our conference, Thinc Iowa, Dwolla CEO Ben Milne flew across the pond to sit on a panel on Friday at the Dublin Web Summit, a two-day event featuring over 100 speakers (and I’d say, it’s a pretty awesome lineup). Just before lunch, Milne participated in 20-minute panel titled “The Future of Money.” Moderated…
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MyEntre.Net, an online hub for Iowa entrepreneurs of all kinds
My first official post here at Silicon Prairie News is on an organization that I’m closely tied with, MyEntre.Net, a division of my employer, the Incubation Services at the University of Northern Iowa. Truth be told, my editor actually requested that MyEntre.Net be my first topic. MyEntre.Net has come to be the face and a huge part of what we…